Publications

The Eurocodes are a comprehensive set of standards for structural design. They provide a far more detailed guidance as regards the behaviour of structures under fire conditions, than was previously provided in the National Standards of the individual member states, except maybe those with long tradition in applying performance-based fire safety solutions such as the UK. However – as was… Read More »Practical problems of applying performance-based structural fire engineering in building design

A large fire occurred in a factory manufacturing personal care products. The facility was extensively damaged. The response of the structure and fire results in the building are discussed. The presented analysis includes numerical modelling of the thermal environment within the compartment of the fire origin and subsequently a finite element analysis of heat transfer into the structural elements as… Read More »Fire and collapse modelling of a precast concrete hall

The recent introduction of structural Eurocodes in the member states of CEN provides engineers with a consistent framework for design verification of the fire resistance periods for loadbearing structural elements. One of the key steps in the verification procedure of the fire resistance achieved by a loadbearing element is the determination of the internal temperature for the structural element being… Read More »Review of available engineering methodologies for prediction of temperature development in unprotected structural steel elements exposed to fire

The presentation focuses on the issues relevant to the proper use of CFD models in fire safety related simulations. It is primarily aimed at fire prevention officers and other professionals who assess fire safety designs based on CFD modeling. Autorzy: Piotr Smardz

Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) is a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) model developed specifically for fire safety applications. FDS is widely used by fire researchers, investigators and engineers. The study was carried out to assess the accuracy of FDS predictions for a scenario in which smoke spreads from a small compartment into an adjacent larger space, from which it is then… Read More »Validation of Fire Dynamics Simulator for forced and natural convection flows